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The governor commented on the same day President Donald Trump agreed with the leaders of Mexico and Canada to pause higher ...

Texas National Guard soldiers can arrest and detain people for entering the U.S. illegally from Mexico under an agreement ...

ICE arrested three undocumented immigrants from Venezuela, two of which they say are Tren de Aragua gang members.

Several members of the Texas Legislature are expressing their support after Gov. Greg Abbott asked the federal government to ...

US Border Patrol agents and suspected Mexican cartel members traded gunfire near the southern border Monday as a group of ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is sending 400 soldiers and some helicopters to the border to augment President Trump’s federal efforts to secure the border. Abbott’s office in a Monday release ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott surged additional Texas military resources to the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) to assist President Donald ...

Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference in Dallas, March 17, 2021, addressing the arrival of a few hundred immigrant teen boys from the border to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.

Authorities have issued an urgent warning for travelers crossing the border between the U.S and Mexico after cartels ...